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THREATENED HIS WIFE'S LIFE.(2); Quackenbush Flourished Pistol to Keep Her from Going Abroad.

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February 11, 1900,

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NYACK, Feb. 10 -- There was an exciting scene at the handsome mansion of Mr. M. B. Sherman, one of Nyack's wealthiest residents, last night, when Mr. Sherman's son-in-law, Edwin B. Quackenbush, of Balston Spa, threatened to shoot his wife. The young man was placed under the surveillance of an officer from 7 o'clock last night until 7 o'clock this morning.

February 11, 1900

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